Canterbury, Your Place, Your Stories

I was working at the time of the earthquake at a contact centre. I was speaking to someone when all I a sudden it started. I got under my desk in a hurry, like many of my collegues. I looked out the window onto Colombo Street below. I saw crushed cars and injured people. I had been walking there just 10-20 minutes prior. I then spent the next five hours in a car just trying to get home from Sydenham.

Our Goal

The earthquakes that struck Canterbury in 2010 and 2011 are among the most significant events in New Zealand history. QuakeStories is a place to share your stories of these and other New Zealand quakes (Seddon, 2013; Kaikōura, 2016), how they affected you - wherever you live, the aftermath and the ongoing story of the rebuilding. It will become a record for future generations, one that will continue to grow long after the quakes stop being news.